August 2022

“KING OF KENTUCKY” 2022 Upcoming Release: TWO Unique BARREL STRENGTH Offerings

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King of Kentucky

Brown-Forman’s upcoming “King of Kentucky” super-premium limited edition annual release is swinging its royal saber with the utmost authority. There will not be one, but TWO limited offerings for the 2022 release, a 15 year and 18 year bourbon, each at barrel strength 130 proof. The 15 year will be available be mostly in KY […]

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Johnnie Walker Giveaway Via Dusk App Supplies Johnnie Walker Lemonades

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Johnnie Walker has collaborated with nightlife discovery app Dusk for a free giveaway promotion of Johnnie’s & Lemonades at select UK venues – the year-long collaboration will hand out 270,000 Johnnie & Lemonades given away at participating UK venues. The Dusk app offers its users the chance to claim one free drink a day, as […]

Lambay Whiskey Tweet Tasting

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Continuing our teeming throng of industry
leading, sensory story led Tweet Tastings, we’re absolutely delighted to announce that on September
14th, we’re teaming up again with those fine folks at Lambay Whiskey, for
another evening of Irish whiskey fue…

Brand Development In The 19th Century

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The distillers in the 19th century treated their promotion of their brands in a different way than the distillers of today. They did not have television, radio and social media to promote their brands. In fact, for most of the… Continue Reading →

Truffle Hunting for Whisky History (Episode 965: August 14, 2022)

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Andrew Welford is described as a “truffle hunter” for whisky history, but his best find to date didn’t sell for a penny. In fact, he donated an original John Walker & Sons shares ledger from 1944 that he found on eBay to Diageo’s corporate archive in Scotland. We’ll talk with him and Isabel Graham-Youll of Whisky.Auction, who helped bring together the book with its new home. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit auction to help the state’s flooding victims is underway with bidding already exceeding $250,000. We’ll have that story and much more, including a Major League Baseball team Read More »

Beards Town Bourbon

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Yes, you’re reading that right and it is not a typo – Beards Town Bourbon (not Bardstown). This brightly labeled bottle caught my eye on…

Black Velvet Now Available In Peach

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The world was not exactly clamoring for it but Heaven Hill has released a peach-flavored version of Black Velvet Canadian whisky. Black Velvet Peach, bottled at 35% alcohol by volume [70 proof] now joins Black Velvet’s other whisky flavors which include Black Velvet Apple and Black Velvet Toasted Caramel. Black Velvet Peach is being made […]

31-Year-Old Rosebank Unveiled

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Ian Macleod Distillers has released a 31-year-old single malt from long-dormant Lowlands distillery Rosebank [the casks were salvaged from the Rosebank distillery in Falkirk, Scotland, before it closed in 1993]. Ian Macleod Distillers acquired the Rosebank site in October 2017, with plans to re-open the distillery in early 2023. The Rosebank 31 Years Old single […]

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